This blog is about my fight with testicular cancer in the summer of 2006. It's also has cancer related to other cancers, treatments, and other resources to help you or loved ones should they get this. Some of them have cures, whiles others do not. This blog can help you with any answers you might need or where to go for help.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

It's the time of the year when many families are together to enjoy the blessings of the season. One free -- but valuable -- gift you might give to yourself and your family members this year is to complete a family health portrait...

The year's end resulted in two disappointing findings for those who hoped some common vitamins would help men prevent heart disease and women avert rheumatoid arthritis. A recent study suggests women who take vitamin E do not reduce their risk of rheumatoid arthritis, or RA. Another study, released a few days before, found men do not reduce their risk of heart disease by taking vitamins E and C...

It's the time of the year when many families are together to enjoy the blessings of the season. One free -- but valuable -- gift you might give to yourself and your family members this year is to complete a family health portrait...

Saturday, December 20, 2008

One-third of all families in America that have children also have guns, and more than 40 percent of them don't keep their guns locked up. Children younger than eight can't tell the difference between a real gun and a toy, and 3-year-olds are strong enough to pull the trigger on a real gun. Children and teens commit more than half of all unintentional shootings. Here are some things you can do to keep yourself and your family safe...

Friday, December 19, 2008

One-third of all families in America that have children also have guns, and more than 40 percent of them don't keep their guns locked up. Children younger than eight can't tell the difference between a real gun and a toy, and 3-year-olds are strong enough to pull the trigger on a real gun. Children and teens commit more than half of all unintentional shootings. Here are some things you can do to keep yourself and your family safe...

A simple, four question survey -- that could help physicians screen for alcoholism -- is underutilized nationally, according to a commentary recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The CAGE questionnaire, first published in JAMA 25 years ago, asks four questions...

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

A simple, four question survey -- that could help physicians screen for alcoholism -- is underutilized nationally, according to a commentary recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The CAGE questionnaire, first published in JAMA 25 years ago, asks four questions...

A simple, four question survey -- that could help physicians screen for alcoholism -- is underutilized nationally, according to a commentary recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The CAGE questionnaire, first published in JAMA 25 years ago, asks four questions...

A major clinical trial of 35,000 men was canceled recently after findings revealed that taking vitamin E and selenium together or separately did not result in the prevention of prostate cancer and might do more harm than good...

Thursday, December 11, 2008

A major clinical trial of 35,000 men was canceled recently after findings revealed that taking vitamin E and selenium together or separately did not result in the prevention of prostate cancer and might do more harm than good...

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

A major clinical trial of 35,000 men was canceled recently after findings revealed that taking vitamin E and selenium together or separately did not result in the prevention of prostate cancer and might do more harm than good...

Your kidneys form urine by filtering wastes and extra water from the bloodstream. The waste is called urea. It is carried in the bloodstream to the kidneys. From the kidneys, urine travels down two thin tubes called ureters to the bladder...

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Your kidneys form urine by filtering wastes and extra water from the bloodstream. The waste is called urea. It is carried in the bloodstream to the kidneys. From the kidneys, urine travels down two thin tubes called ureters to the bladder...

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Your kidneys form urine by filtering wastes and extra water from the bloodstream. The waste is called urea. It is carried in the bloodstream to the kidneys. From the kidneys, urine travels down two thin tubes called ureters to the bladder...

There are over two million active and reserve members of the U.S. military and over 23 million U.S. veterans. They face some different health issues from civilians. Likewise, their families may face some unique challenges...

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

More than one third of Americans report either they or a family member postponed obtaining needed health care within the past year, according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll. The Kaiser poll, taken in mid-October, found 36 percent of those surveyed delayed getting needed health care compared to 29 percent last April...

December 1 is World AIDS Day. Check out the MedlinePlus AIDS topic page and also visit Drugs + HIV: Learn the Link from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Learn more about World AIDS Day from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Moderate aerobic activity for two and half hours a week results in better health for adults, according to new guidelines recently released by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The HHS report called 'Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans' also recommends that children benefit from an hour or more of medium to vigorous physical activity daily...

According to an article in CANCER, mental illness and emotional distress in patients with advanced cancer is often overlooked by oncologists, but proper management can improve a patient's quality of life.

The review article was written by Dr. Michael Miovic and Dr. Susan Block from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

Miovic and Block found that 50 percent or more of patients with advanced or terminal cancer suffer from at least one of three major disorders: adjustment disorders, anxiety disorders and depressive disorders. Medical management of cancer has improved in the last decade, but management of mental health issues has lagged, according to the authors. Studies show that depressive symptoms can even impact patients' lives even more than pain.

The authors recommend listening as the most important screening tool in the oncologist's toolkit.

December 1 is World AIDS Day. Check out the MedlinePlus AIDS topic page and also visit Drugs + HIV: Learn the Link from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Learn more about World AIDS Day from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Moderate aerobic activity for two and half hours a week results in better health for adults, according to new guidelines recently released by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The HHS report called 'Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans' also recommends that children benefit from an hour or more of medium to vigorous physical activity daily...

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Moderate aerobic activity for two and half hours a week results in better health for adults, according to new guidelines recently released by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The HHS report called 'Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans' also recommends that children benefit from an hour or more of medium to vigorous physical activity daily...

Menstruation, or period, is a woman's monthly bleeding. Abnormal vaginal bleeding is different from normal menstrual periods. It could be bleeding that is between periods, lasts several weeks, or happens before puberty or after menopause...

A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports the chances to survive an out-of-the-hospital cardiac arrest in North America may depend on where you live and a community's commitment to improving emergency care...

A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports the chances to survive an out-of-the-hospital cardiac arrest in North America may depend on where you live and a community's commitment to improving emergency care...

The new edition of NIH MedlinePlus Magazine features a profile of U.S. Senator Arlen Specter as well as articles about leukemia and lymphoma, protecting your vision, plus a checklist to prevent peripheral arterial disease...

A concussion is a type of brain injury. It's the most minor form. Technically, a concussion is a short loss of normal brain function in response to a head injury, but people use the term to describe any minor injury to the head or brain. Concussions are a common type of sports injury...

The November issue of NIH News in Health is available. Featured stories cover attention deficit hyperactivitydisorder (ADHD) and the possible health risks of plastic bottles. Also check out the health capsules and the featured Web site.

The U.S. Surgeon General recently urged more Americans to be aware of (and help prevent) deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolisms. Deep vein thrombosis (or DVT) occurs when a blood clot forms in a large vein. In serious cases, the clot sometimes breaks off and travels in the bloodstream to your lungs, which causes a pulmonary embolism. If a lung artery becomes blocked, this damages the lungs, prevents other organs from obtaining needed oxygen, and can cause death...

In a challenge to common clinical advice, a national study found eating nuts, corn, and popcorn are not associated with a risk of diverticulitis, a disease of the colon. The findings, recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, are the first comprehensive study of the impact of eating nuts, corn, and popcorn on diverticulitis...

A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine found cerebral palsy rates were cut in half if a mother received magnesium sulfate during labor -- after a risk of a pre-term delivery was determined. In the study, 2,241 women at high risk of delivering a baby between 24 and 31 weeks were assigned into two groups. The children of mothers who received an intravenous infusion of magnesium sulfate as labor began (plus other smaller infusions every hour) experienced half the cerebral palsy rate compared to a placebo group...

Representative Paul Rogers was called 'Mr. Health' by current and former members of the U.S. Congress because of his passion and commitment to medical research. A Democrat, who represented W. Palm Beach, Florida from 1955-1979, Cong. Rogers died recently at age 87. Rogers left a remarkable legacy to improve the health of all Americans and later committed himself to enhancing global health. Let's pay tribute to a remarkable person by noting a few of his many accomplishments...

Millions of people around the world die in severe pain due to bans of morphine, reportsThe New York Times. While poverty plays a role, doctors also fear law enforcement of morphine bans.

The World Health Organization estimates that 4.8 million people around the world suffer with moderate to severe cancer pain in addition to millions who suffer needless from late-state AIDS pain. At pain conferences, doctors from Africa describe patients whose pain is so bad that they throw themselves in front of trucks.

In another related article, the newspaper examines the slow movement of the Japanese culture away from the fear of painkillers.

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments providing an HPV Vaccine Update. The transcript is also available.

Two recent articles in the New England Journal of Medicine underscore some missing evidence about the clinical efficacy of human papilloma virus vaccines and analyze the cost effectiveness of the shots, which are currently recommended in the U.S. for girls before age 13...

A new study from researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine shows that yoga can benefit ethnic minority breast cancer survivors, particularly African-Americans and Hispanics, as well as those from under-served communities.

During the 12 week study, researchers compared quality of life measures between two groups of women with early stage breast cancer; one group took a weekly yoga class and the other group didn't. More women in the non-yoga group experienced a worsening of social well-being compared to the yoga group. The yoga classes seemed to offer social support, which may have helped counteract loneliness and isolation, which is common after a cancer diagnosis.

The women in the yoga group participated in a gentle, seated form of yoga based on Integral Hatha Yoga, and classes were provided in both English and Spanish.

According to researchers at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, congestive heart failure rarely occurs among leukemia patients who take Gleevec (imatinib).

The study was led by Dr. Jorge Cortes who said that there is no need for routine cardio-specific monitoring of all patients taking imatinib, although those with cardiac history should be close monitored. In a separate paper lasat year, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania reported that imatinib may be cardio-toxic in humans.

Imatinib targets two members of the tyrosine kinase class of enzymes and a hybrid tyrosine kinase known to cause chronic myologenous leukemia (CML) and Ph-postive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Before imatinib, only about half of CML patients survived five years. Now the five year survival rate is 95 percent.

It's something that many women would cheer about -- the use of oral contraceptives actually lowers overall cancer risk as a side effect.

A 12 percent decrease in cancer risk was the conclusion of a very large study that looked at the correlation between oral contraceptives and cancer, as over 46,000 women were tracked over four decades since oral contraceptives began to be widely used in the late 1960s.

However, an increase in cervical cancer risk was found in women who had taken birth control pills for eight years or longer.

There might be some bad news out there for men with above or below normal birth weights -- new studies are showing that they might be at a high risk for testicular cancer than those who were born a more normal size. To be more precise, men with low birth weights were 18% more likely to develop testicular cancer than their normal-sized counterparts, and high birth weight men were 12% more likely to be diagnosed with the disease. It should be noted, however, that the findings are only try to seminoma testicular cancer, which is the most prevalent type.

Researchers are not indicating whether they believe there might be a reason to these findings. I wonder if some unhealthy habits of mothers that may have lead to low or high birth weights could be playing a role in the health of their sons later in life? What do you think?

A mutation in the BRAF oncogene, BRAF V600E, has been linked to the most common type of tyroid cancer, conventional papillary thyroid cancer or PTC. A new study shows that this mutation is also significantly associated with cancer recurrence after treatment, according to Dr. Electron Kebebew at UCSF.

Most patients diagnosed wtih PTC have small, localized PTC, but may receive aggressive treatments becasue their risk of recurrence cannot be predicted before surgery.

According to the researchers, this result shows that this particular mutation is a reliable indicator for recurrence likelihood and testing for the mutation may be useful for selecting the initial therapy.

Postmenopausal women who consume two or more alcoholic drinks a day may double their risk of endometrial cancer, according to a new study published by Veronica Wendy Setiawan and colleagues at the University of Southern California.

Endometrial cancer is the most common cancer of the female reproductive system and accounts for six percent of all cancers in women, according to the NCI.

According to Setiawan, previous studies have shown that alcohol consumption has been associated with higher estrogen levels in postmenopausal women, which could be the mechanism that increases the risk of endometrial cancer.

It what seems like an obvious result, a recent U.S. study found that breast cancer survivors who received both chemotherapy and radiotherapy were the most apt to have severe fatigue. In addition, that fatigue lasted for prolonged periods of time.

Over 221 women in the early stages of breast cancer were looked at in this study, with the expectation of the greatest amount of fatigue just after initial treatment.

But, when chemo was combined with radiotherapy, fatigue was pronounced for longer periods of time. No wonder depression is often a side effect of traditional cancer treatment.

Popular celebrities like Kate Moss and Scarlett Johansson have lent their signature style to the fight against cancer by designing charms that reflect their own character, which will be sold with the profits going to a prominent UK cancer charity. The charms are appearing on a necklace that is being sold at Wallis for about $51USD each. Moss' charm is a petite swallow, while Johansson's is a vibrant yellow and orange lilly. Other contributors include designer Christian Louboutin and comedian Catherin Tate.

I think it's great to see celebrities and designers offering their time and their good taste towards a good cause. Don't you agree?

According to an article in CANCER, mental illness and emotional distress in patients with advanced cancer is often overlooked by oncologists, but proper management can improve a patient's quality of life.

The review article was written by Dr. Michael Miovic and Dr. Susan Block from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

Miovic and Block found that 50 percent or more of patients with advanced or terminal cancer suffer from at least one of three major disorders: adjustment disorders, anxiety disorders and depressive disorders. Medical management of cancer has improved in the last decade, but management of mental health issues has lagged, according to the authors. Studies show that depressive symptoms can even impact patients' lives even more than pain.

The authors recommend listening as the most important screening tool in the oncologist's toolkit.

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